The $400 sticker!!!!

[Wolfman]

Ok, i just bought a couple of new Shoei helmets (xr/rf 1100's), and they cost me a pretty penny!!! $700 Australian!!! and that's with $200 "mates rates" discount!!! the list price is $900 in Australia!!!

Thing is, i could of got EXACTLY THE SAME helmet from the US for $479 US plus shipping! which would of been $45 US....OR $45 Australian...1 for 1 these days!

But the thing is, if i bought the helmets from the USA, then they would not have the Australian Standards sticker on them, making the helmets illegal in Australia, and as such, voiding insurance, in the event of an accident!

I think this is a crazy situation! i paid just over $400 more for both helmets in Australia, than what i would of if i bought them in the USA....if i paid the normal price, it would of been more like $800 more in Australia!!!, which most people would have to pay, as the helmets i got at "mates rates", are both brand new graphics designs and as such ARE NOT being discounted anywhere in Australia right now, as the design has only been available for 2 weeks in Oz!!!

Here is the $400 sticker!!!
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[Humperdinkel]

Hmmm $400 doesnt buy you much these days

Dont get me started on that sticker , i've had a rant over it before after reading an article in TwoWheels magazine all about it That sticker is actually an ASX floated company & means bugger all :spank:

 

[Wolfman]

Hmmm $400 doesnt buy you much these days

Dont get me started on that sticker , i've had a rant over it before after reading an article in TwoWheels magazine all about it That sticker is actually an ASX floated company & means bugger all :spank:

Just like our ridiculous outdated rear mudguard laws! :banghead:

 

[Sith Lord]

I must have got a bargain on my new AGV lid last week. My sticker only cost me $200- (based on RIDERS DISCOUNT: Motorcycle Accessories, Motorcycle Helmets & Gear prices)

Bloody crazy isn't

 

[buzzbomb]

I guess there wouldn't be any physical difference between the helmets sold in the compared with the ones in Oz, apart from that compliance sticker. I know it's dodgy, but has anyone tried to peel that sucker off and put it on another helmet? The one on mine looks like it wouldn't survive a helmet transplant...so odds on their designed to be a permanent fixture to our helmets.

(Merry Christmas from Buzzbomb, hope you all have a great day, and keep the rubber side down!)

 

[Humperdinkel]

I've tried pulling the sticker off my old helmet in the hope of buying a cheaper OS helmet but it was an epic fail , seems they are smarter than I gave them credit for

 

[Wolfman]

I guess there wouldn't be any physical difference between the helmets sold in the compared with the ones in Oz, apart from that compliance sticker. I know it's dodgy, but has anyone tried to peel that sucker off and put it on another helmet? The one on mine looks like it wouldn't survive a helmet transplant...so odds on their designed to be a permanent fixture to our helmets.

(Merry Christmas from Buzzbomb, hope you all have a great day, and keep the rubber side down!)

I've tried pulling the sticker off my old helmet in the hope of buying a cheaper OS helmet but it was an epic fail , seems they are smarter than I gave them credit for

Yep....gave it a try myself...they are those silvery stickers that just tear into a million pieces as soon as you try to remove them!

It's a wonder some dodgy individual has'nt worked out a way to make them, and flog em off to us poor pocket raped Aussie motorcyclists!!!

 

[Erci]

Yeah, but you're rich! :BLAA:

 

[Wolfman]

Yeah, but you're rich! :BLAA:

Not as rich as everybody seems to think!

Cause i spend it all on bikes! :rockon:

 

[Nelly]

I've tried pulling the sticker off my old helmet in the hope of buying a cheaper OS helmet but it was an epic fail , seems they are smarter than I gave them credit for

What about having a bash with a hairdryer to gently warm the adhesive before peeling off the bugger.

Nelly

 

[Wolfman]

What about having a bash with a hairdryer to gently warm the adhesive before peeling off the bugger.

Nelly

Tried that! The adhesive is super strong, and the sticker is super thin!!! They obviously sat in the shed one night with a few beers and "tested" all the dodgy ways people would think of to get them off, before they put them on the market!!!

I searched forum after forum on this subject the other night...and there was heaps of discussion about this issue, and trying to get the stickers off! Didnt find anyone that has succeeded! So Far!!!

 

[ozzieboy]

I have one on my coffee table (I think it's still there) from an old helmet. Might get a hard time about the look of the sticker ad the age of the helmet though...lol. I'm led to believe that you can buy them, but I assume the sellers are not advertising too loudly...lol.

 

[Wolfman]

I have one on my coffee table (I think it's still there) from an old helmet. Might get a hard time about the look of the sticker ad the age of the helmet though...lol. I'm led to believe that you can buy them, but I assume the sellers are not advertising too loudly...lol.

Now you bloody well tell me!!!! :spank:

 

[ozzieboy]

Actually, I posted it up ages ago:thumbup:...before I bought my Carbon Vader. Was gonna use it if I couldn't get a decent price, and get one from the States.

 

[4drfocus]

Have you guys tried adhesive remover and a razor blade? orange oil works pretty good too.

 

[Botch]

The sticker doesn't appear to have any holographic emblem on it, is it something you could reasonably reproduce with a computer graphics program? I don't normally endorse forgeries, but damn guys, that's ridiculous. Here in the States we'll soon all have similar problems with our "endorsed" mufflers, thank you CA Governor Schwartzendickhead... :Flip:

 

[Wolfman]

The sticker doesn't appear to have any holographic emblem on it, is it something you could reasonably reproduce with a computer graphics program? I don't normally endorse forgeries, but damn guys, that's ridiculous. Here in the States we'll soon all have similar problems with our "endorsed" mufflers, thank you CA Governor Schwartzendickhead... :Flip:

The stickers do have a metallic / holographic sticker under the top layer...when you try and peel the sticker off, it reveals this layer, with the word "void" stamped in holographic lettering all over it. This part of the sticker is virtually fused to the helmet!

The top layer then becomes translucent once peeled off the helmet!!!

 

[mponder]

My normal response to things like this is Jesse James used a gun to rob people but at least he was honest about what he was doing.

 

[Wolfman]

My normal response to things like this is Jesse James used a gun to rob people but at least he was honest about what he was doing.

Yeah, but a disparity in price this large for exactly the same product makes "normal" people consider such shenanigans!!!

It's really does not make any sense!

 

[ozzieboy]

Yeah, but a disparity in price this large for exactly the same product makes "normal" people consider such shenanigans!!!

It's really does not make any sense!

I got the impression he is talking about the sticker bandits:Flip:....er...I mean the people who require a sticker to the cost of $400, not the people trying to wriggle off the hook